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-rw-r--r--drivers/serial/8250.c24
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index e8454611cb6..fb610c3634a 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
#include <linux/serial.h>
#include <linux/serial_8250.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#include <asm/irq.h>
@@ -1142,19 +1143,6 @@ receive_chars(struct uart_8250_port *up, int *status, struct pt_regs *regs)
char flag;
do {
- /* The following is not allowed by the tty layer and
- unsafe. It should be fixed ASAP */
- if (unlikely(tty->flip.count >= TTY_FLIPBUF_SIZE)) {
- if (tty->low_latency) {
- spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
- tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
- spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
- }
- /*
- * If this failed then we will throw away the
- * bytes but must do so to clear interrupts
- */
- }
ch = serial_inp(up, UART_RX);
flag = TTY_NORMAL;
up->port.icount.rx++;
@@ -2480,7 +2468,7 @@ static struct platform_device *serial8250_isa_devs;
* 16x50 serial ports to be configured at run-time, to support PCMCIA
* modems and PCI multiport cards.
*/
-static DECLARE_MUTEX(serial_sem);
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(serial_mutex);
static struct uart_8250_port *serial8250_find_match_or_unused(struct uart_port *port)
{
@@ -2535,7 +2523,7 @@ int serial8250_register_port(struct uart_port *port)
if (port->uartclk == 0)
return -EINVAL;
- down(&serial_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&serial_mutex);
uart = serial8250_find_match_or_unused(port);
if (uart) {
@@ -2557,7 +2545,7 @@ int serial8250_register_port(struct uart_port *port)
if (ret == 0)
ret = uart->port.line;
}
- up(&serial_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&serial_mutex);
return ret;
}
@@ -2574,7 +2562,7 @@ void serial8250_unregister_port(int line)
{
struct uart_8250_port *uart = &serial8250_ports[line];
- down(&serial_sem);
+ mutex_lock(&serial_mutex);
uart_remove_one_port(&serial8250_reg, &uart->port);
if (serial8250_isa_devs) {
uart->port.flags &= ~UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF;
@@ -2584,7 +2572,7 @@ void serial8250_unregister_port(int line)
} else {
uart->port.dev = NULL;
}
- up(&serial_sem);
+ mutex_unlock(&serial_mutex);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(serial8250_unregister_port);